Senior Front-End Developer
Location: GB, , London
Employment type: Full-time
Required experience: Mid-Senior level
Required education: Bachelor's Degree
Industry: Financial Services
Function: Information Technology

Company profile:
At LendInvest fundamentally changing the way people think about their savings, investments and how you get a mortgage. We're the new generation of finance, which is far less stuffy as we are building a new way to do things - and having some fun along the way. If you want to be part of building the future of finance, then we'd love to hear from you. LendInvest has been prominently recognised as a leader for its growth and innovation. We are based in a prime central London building, with a very cool work environment.LendInvest is a direct employer and we therefore do not work with any recruitment agencies. Recruiters, please do not spam us, we are not interested in hearing from you.For a look at what we're creating, you can see more on our site at: #URL_a472ef05be663cdc9df7eb234d26330394196f039430435745cd6695790fd82e#

Job description:
We are currently building several products for LendInvest - the world's largest peer-to-peer (P2P) marketplace for real estate mortgages. We are a loan originating beast as well as the lender.The work is all greenfield work (we are not refactoring the old codebase but replacing it, and there is no legacy code).There are 6 server-side developers (soon to be 5.5 as one goes half-time), 2 (soon 3) front-end, one QA, 1 technical BA, 1 offshore designer, 1 offshore sysadmin and another offshore fullstack support dev.We use the de facto industry standard tools like Grunt, Gulp, Sass, Less, AngularJS to build our apps,  and design and user experience are critical.You should have 4 or or more years commercial experience as a front-end web developer.  We believe that attitude is as important as experience.  The ideal candidate shows energy and the will to learn and to improve themselves.If you think you've already learned everything then please stop reading now.We're looking for a good mix in Design and Coding, knowing that usually only few lucky people could master both.Our servers are on AWS, database is MySQL (soon to be Amazon RDS), we are ramping up CI with Jenkins and we use Behat and PHPSpec. We operate in an Agile environment using Scrum methodology.The successful candidate must be eligible to work in the UK without sponsorship.

Requirements:
RequiredA very good understand of HTML and HTML5A very good understanding of CSS and CSS3Good understanding of POJS (plain old javascript)Working experience with jQuery, Underscore, lodashUnderstanding and experience of cross-browser issuesWorking experience designing an UX schema, starting from business requirements. Also with pen and paperGood taste in visual design (colors coupling, typography, spaces)Very good understanding of written and spoken English as well as being a good communicatorNice to HaveFamiliarity with Twig or a similar templating systemExperience integrating with Symfony2 or other PHP applicationsJavaScript Unit TestingExperience with at least one major JavaScript frameworkWorking experience with Git, knowledge of bash or another shellSome interest in NodeJs and the modern front-end workflowUnderstanding of HTTP protocolExperience in an Agile environment using SCRUMExperience in Adobe Photoshop or GimpExperience in Adobe IllustratorLove for technologyLove for design

Benefits:
HackathonsLots of greenfield projectsOpportunity to attend conferences/seminars to expand your knowledge and further your educationAbility to choose a brand new work station of your choice (Windows, OSX or Linux)Fully stocked fridge and pantry with light breakfast available every day, fresh fruit and more food, beverages &amp; snacks than you could ever eat;Team lunch bought for you every FridaySubsidised gym membership (with pool)Opportunity to grow your career with our rapidly growing companyEasy commute to Central London office (Fitzrovia)Fun, young and very sociable team